SB 75 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Minors; allowing access to firearms, penalty.

Summary

Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecuredfirearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any personunder the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Current lawprovides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecuredfirearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any childunder the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2019

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Nov 25, 2019 Last action Jan 22, 2020

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Committee

Jan 8, 2020

Upper · Passed

Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name

upper

Nov 25, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Nov 25, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101356D

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors